Creating eco-friendly packaging materials with water-based flexo

About Marine Flex series (water-based flexographic ink)
Environmentally friendly packaging design
Responding to small lots and high-variety items

Organic solvent-free as much as possible　

It is possible to reduce the environmental burden one step further than gravure printing.
Contributing to the design of packaging materials that are friendly to the environment and people.

Enables printing on substrates that were previously difficult to print on

Printing is possible not only on film but also on paper, rayon paper, Japanese paper, non-woven fabric, etc.

Less than 1/10 of the amount of VOC and CO₂ generated during printing

Since the amount of VOC in the ink is small, the amount of VOC and CO2 emitted during printing can be greatly reduced compared to oil-based gravure.

	Oil-based gravure	Water-based gravure	Water-based flexo
ink ingredients *during printing	VOC80％	VOC40％	VOC2-5%
wet coating amount （g/㎡）	6	4	2.5
Amount of VOCs generated (When printing 100,000m)	480kg	150kg	0.6kg
Amount of CO₂ generated (When printing 100,000m)	1,037kg	320kg	1.25kg

Eco-friendly packaging with water-based flexo!

[New Product] Marine Flex LM-R　

feature

Significant reduction of VOC and CO₂ by water-based.
Low odor and friendly to the global environment and working environment.
High-definition printing is possible with high-density settings equivalent to gravure printing.